Nov. 18 Review AP 3

Which of the following scenarios best demonstrates a context effect?

• Jeannette does better on her exam when she takes it in the same room where she studies.

• Carol performs better in her recital when she practices in short sessions, several times a day.

• Edgar solves his jigsaw puzzles faster when he completes the edges first.

• Rosemarie shoots more accurately at her archery competition when other people are around.

• Vernon is more social at parties when he has had caffeine.

Frequency is to __________ as amplitude is to __________.

• sensation; perception

• perception; sensation

• loudness; pitch

• pitch; loudness

• warm; cold

Feature detectors are neurons that are turned on or off by specific features of visual stimuli like edges and movement. Where in the visual system are these feature detectors located?

• cornea

• lens

• optic chiasm

• retina

• occipital cortex

Which of the following scenarios most clearly describes the effects of a strong kinesthetic sense?

• Being able to tell exact bodily position without looking at the body

• Developing a craving for a food after smelling it

• Being able to navigate using directions

• Being able to locate where a sound is coming from

• Balancing oneself on a ladder

When we stare at an object, each eye receives a slightly different image, providing a depth cue known as:

• convergence

• linear perspective

• relative motion

• retinal disparity

• proximity

Which of the following is an example of shape constancy?

• Even though the angle from which she viewed the table had changed, Elise still perceived the table as rectangular.

• Mariann still saw an apple as red even when the light in the room got darker.

• Allison’s hair was still perceived as bright pink even when the sky became overcast.

• Sarah did not notice the sound of the air conditioner until it suddenly shut off.

• Marcia is able to catch the basketball because of binocular cues.

Damage to which of the following best explains conduction deafness?

• Hammer, anvil, and stirrup

• Basilar membrane

• Auditory nerve

• Temporal lobe

• Olfactory bulb

In the figure above, what letter corresponds to the nerve that carries neural impulses from the eye to the brain?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

It can be assumed that an individual described as a supertaster

• is very sensitive to hot peppers

• represents a majority of the United States population

• is a man

• learned to be a supertaster from others

• has a low density of taste buds on the tongue

The convergence of parallel lines provides the distance cue known as ___________.

• interposition

• closure

• relative height

• linear perspective

• continuity